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Lottie’s parents were told their daughter had aggressive stage 4 cancer which had spread to her bones and bone marrow.

The youngster immediately underwent chemotherapy and, in October last year, had a 13-hour operation to remove 95 per cent of the 12cm tumour.

Lottie Woods-John (Image: Hotspot Media)

Now she is undergoing immunotherapy to zap the rest of the cancerous cells in her body, but desperately needs an innovative vaccine treatment available in America.

Charlotte, Lottie’s full time carer, who lives in Addlestone, Surrey, said: “Lottie has been given 20 per cent chance of surviving the next five years and there's an 85 per cent chance of the cancer returning.

“At the moment Lottie’s health is up and down. One minute she’ll be happily playing in the garden and the next, her temperature will spike and she’ll be rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

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“He risked his life for those medals and the fact that he’s not even met Lottie, but wants to help keep her alive is mind-blowing.

“I can’t thank him enough.”

Matthew, who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Northern Ireland, said: “Raising that amount of money is a monumental task. If people stand up and support families like Lottie’s then it makes all the difference.

Matthew Goodman (Image: Hotspot Media)

“I hope to set a really nice example to my daughter when she grows up. To show her how to be compassionate and make sacrifices for others.

“Once they’re sold, in the place of my medals I’ll be wearing a childhood cancer awareness ribbon.